RTVE pays tribute to Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente on the 40th anniversary of his death

The Corporation remembers its legacyor through special programming in which, among other spaces, 'Man and the Earth' is recovered remastered in high definition.

March 14 marks 40 years without Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente, considered the greatest environmentalist disseminator in Spain. He captured his love for nature in hundreds of hours of documentaries and in the country's collective memory. Four decades later, RTVE remembers its readingor through special programming.

The 2 recovers Man and the Earth remastered in high definition (starting March 14, two chapters every Saturday at 12:45 p.m.). It was his most famous work, with an unmistakable tune composed by Antón García Abril, and La 2 offers for the first time the opportunity to see two of its parts in full HD: the Venezuelan series, filmed in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and the Iberian series, focused on Spain.

On the other hand, the space Essentials recovers on Sunday the 15th (9:30 p.m.) The human animal, a documentary produced by RTVE, directed by Manel Arranz and Gemma Soriano, which travels in time and reaches the childhood memories of viewers who glued themselves to the television to listen to Rodríguez de la Fuente. From programs like Faunia, the animal o blue planet changed the mentality of the Spanish in relation to nature, and his magnum opus, Man and the Earth, achieved unprecedented success on TVE with international awards and recognition.

The human animal It has testimonies from his youngest daughter, Odile, his widow Marcelle Parmentier, co-workers and renowned scientists and naturalists such as Luis Miguel Domínguez or Carlos Tabernero, professor of the history of science. In addition, he has delved into the naturalist's personal archive where there are thousands of documents, among which the correspondence he maintained with his audience stands out.

Here the Earth prepares several reports filmed in his hometown, Poza de la Sal (Burgos), to discover how his interest in nature arose, how he recovered falconry in Spain, his first appearances on TVE, or his more personal side with his daughter Odile. The morning, Heart y Spain Direct también retratarán sus diferentes facetas y estarán pendientes de los homenajes que se realicen para recordarlo.

En cuanto a Radio Nacional, el sábado 14, It's not just any day entrevistará a Odile Rodríguez de la Fuente para revelar el lado más humano de su padre, y los Newscasts ofrecerán este fin de semana dos reportajes para mostrar qué saben de Félix los niños de hoy y algunos de sus trabajos en Doñana. Otros programas se sumarán al homenaje, como La aventura del saber, en La 2, donde Odile Rodríguez de la Fuente hablará de su libro Félix. Un hombre en la tierra, o los espacios Reserva Natural (Radio 5) y El bosque habitado (Radio 3).

And the RTVE.es News portal will include a report that interviews the sister of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente. The Corporation has also launched in RTVE.es and especial in which all his audiovisual production is gathered. In addition, it recovers two documentaries from the program All flat from 1967 unpublished until now. In one of them, Félix goes on a safari and in another he travels to Saudi Arabia to discover its economy and society.

The special covers his life with images, the most important interviews he offered and rescues the complete programs of Man and the Earth, The adventure of life y The blue planet.

The channel of RTVE Archive YouTube will also have a special program with a streaming of all 124 episodes of Man and the Earth en alta calidad. El 13 de marzo estarán disponibles los dos primeros capítulos, y a partir del 16 de marzo, de lunes a viernes, se colgará uno cada tarde a las 18:30 horas.